ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 TTL – Cordless Strobe Released!

Adorama have released the first Canon RT, AND Nikon compatible, TTL and HSS enabled 600Ws cordless strobe, in the new ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 TTL!

The RoveLight RT 610 are Adorama’s much anticipated version of Jinbei’s HD 610 Lithium-ion powered TTL strobes. Including all of their features, as well as adding direct compatibility with Canon’s own 2.4GHz RT radio system. All in the one strobe.

Once again the RT 610 should provide a major breakthrough for the many Canon based professional wedding and event photographers wanting to expand their flash system with larger off camera strobes, while retaining the well refined original Canon RT speedlites as their on-camera master unit.

Nikon and Sony owners are not left out though either, as the Orlit RT 610 still provide the original ORLIT / Jinbei 2.4GHz RF radio receiver modes for Canon, Nikon, and Sony DSLR systems.

As the “RoveLight” branding indicates, the ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 are also the follow up to Adorama’s very popular original Lithium-ion powered fully cordless Flashpoint RoveLight 600B.

(Due to their significantly upgraded radio system, there is relatively limited backward compatibility between the 2 lights though. More on that further below).

The Modeling light provides manual control in fine 0.1 increments across a 9 stop range, or proportional control adjusting automatically to match the strobes manual power level.

The ORLIT RT 610’s 14.8V 6000mAh Lithium-ion battery provides around 450 full power pops per charge.

And now includes a built in charge level indicator.

And an AC power adapter for mains power is also available.

Compatible transmitter units for the ORLIT system, when used in RT radio mode, include all of Canon’s own RT enabled master units. Like the 600EX-RT II, and 430EX III-RT Speedlites, and ST-E3-RT transmitter.

ORLIT also offer their own TR-Q6 transmitter for Canon, Nikon, and Sony. With the Canon version also providing Canon RT compatibility.

The TR-Q6 provide 3 flash groups – A / B / C, and allow TTL and Remote Manual Groups to be mixed together, and turned off individually as needed.

The LED modelling lights can be remotely switched ON and OFF (while Manual or Proportional modes can still be set on the strobes).

Radio range is up to an impressive 300 meters.

The TR-Q6 transmitter also provides smartphone APP remote control to the Orlit and Jinbei flash systems.

The TR-Q6 transmitter connects to the smartphone via Bluetooth, providing around 10 meters of range between them, and then conveys the settings on to the slave strobes with a range of up to 300 meters.

Most of the strobes functions can then be controlled remotely through the smartphone interface.

For owners of the original FlashPoint Rovelight, the ORLIT RT 610 do provide a legacy TRS radio transmission mode compatible with the RoveLight TRS transmitter.

Though selecting the TRS mode does not then allow any group control ability (basically reducing the Orlit RT 610’s functionality to that of the original RoveLights).

So the legacy TRS mode is quite limited, and its likely original RoveLight owners will find more useful work arounds which do not lose group control with the Orlit RT 610.

These would mainly involve firing the original RoveLights via an external receiver unit, attached to the flash via PC sync cord. And using the original TRS transmitter just to control the original RoveLights power levels.

The ORLIT Rovelight RT 610 are supplied with a nice semi-hard padded case, and shoulder strap.

And include a compact 5.5″ reflector, battery charger, and a long coiled PC sync cord.

This thing isn’t ready for primetime. Maybe in a few months if they can fix the bugs and release stable firmware. As of now I would stay away which is a shame because it would be awesome (if it worked).

Thanks for letting us know. This is surprising because the Jinbei version has been available for many months, judging by the youtube’s and discussions on the net. That’s why I thought they would have the bugs out by now. But what can you do. Which functions were most troublesome?

I made up my mind and today headed to adorama and purchased one e-volv 200 and 1 orlit … I have one setup based in canon RT for work, and another one based on godox for my own stuff … soooooo disappointed with the orlit: The battery doesn’t lock properly, so to turn on the flash i have to press firmly the battery and hold it with my hand, if i let it go it turns off… then I tried the transceiver: it linked with both the orlit and 1 canon 600 EX-RT II without a problem, I can control both without a problem, but: at least HALF the shots the flash fired but was off-sync with the camera, the TTL was extremely inconsistent; and when using the flash on the pass-trough hotshoe… OMG everything was overexposed so much, and again the flash would not always sync with the camera … so disappointed … Will get a replacement tomorrow, and if I experience the same, i will return it for good … so disappointed …

update #1: I tried the orlit transceiver on my canon 6d (my previous try was with canon 5dIV) and the communication with the canon 600 is flawless … also with the help of a lot of rubber bands i was able to turn on the orlit and run some tests … everything works so nice !!!! if i could delete my previous comment i would … now its time to upgrade the firmware !!

Thanks for the update. Regarding the firmware update be aware you need a Windows 7 PC to do the update. Though if you’re returning the flash you may want to check the exchange unit has already been updated first. (They are meant to be updating them all in the warehouse already).

I didn’t have that many issues with the 5D IV, and TR-611 transmitter, though HSS is not working with the old firmware (though it works with the ST-E3-RT transmitter even with the old firmware).

I found the ST-E3-RT transmitter much more consistent than the TR-611 in TTL, with the 6D or 5D IV, though I haven’t updated the TR-611 to the latest firmware.

Thanks for deleting the extra comment 😉
I went to adorama yesterday, they said the problem with the battery was related to the inside contacts, although it fits ok, the connection is not properly tight (i guess it happened before and they were aware of that, because once I said “battery locks in but won’t turn on” he already said that) . So I got a replacement, it’s working great, triggering the flash from a canon 600 RT on top of a 5dIV I get consistent and great TTL exposures, and HSS; talked with the sales person about the transceiver, he said he know there were some issues, and that a new firmware update was in the way and that should fix the 5dIV issue … Its raining now in NY and will rain the whole weekend, so Im just waiting to try this baby outside !!

They are working on Sony compatibility next, though I’m not sure when that will be ready.

I tried the Canon version TR-611 transmitter on my Sony A7 hotshoe, and I couldn’t get the transmitter to fire the flash at all unfortunately. At best you would only have Remote Manual power control, no TTL or HSS.

If you’re in a hurry you may be better off looking at the XPLOR 600, as they already have a Sony transmitter.

Has anyone had any success with using the Nikon TR-612 in HSS mode. On adorama’s website it states that you can use HSS with the 612 trigger but once you receive the transceiver it states in the manual that only the Canon 611 C can perform HSS. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately Jinbei HD 610 and TR-611 don’t work well with Canon 6d. , Flash 610 and transmiter TR-611 don’t working with multiple shooting for Canon 6d – 4,5 ftp . Also you can’t change nothing in hd-610 settings using 6d body + TR-611 transmiter ,C.Fn settings in Speedlite are blocked, you cannot change anything. You can see in menu all function but all are blocked to change. I have the latest firmware for HD-610 and TR-611 and canon 6d.

So I take it I should wait on the Rovelight 610 ttl for my Canon set up. Liked the sale price but consistency is key. Xplor 600 seems to be the more reliable. Any thoughts post update? I’m also a mac user and have a 5d mark4.

Correct me if I am wrong, but the TR-Q6 will not fire speedlites…..only the HD610/RT610 and Mars -3 and MSN-TTL systems..
In which case you will still need to use the TR-611 to natively control the speedlites.

However, given the Orlit RT610 will work with the ST-E3 triggers while the Jinbei HD610 will not, nothing will surprise me !

Just going by the Adorama listing it looks like the TR-Q6 do not have a Canon RT radio mode (Though I wouldn’t rely on that completely being the case until we actually see them).

So they would have to be running on the Jinbei RF radio mode, which is the same as the TR-611/612 use. In which case you should be able to use a TR-611/612 as receiver attached to your respective Canon or Nikon TTL speedlites.

If you wanted to use speedlites with radio built-in, you would need the respective Jinbei or Orlit speedlite with either Canon or Nikon Jinbei RF radio slave mode. So far Adorama have only released a Canon RT radio Orlit Speedlite though. The coming Nikon version will have to be Jinbei / Nikon RF though.

Maybe later the Jinbei Speedlites will have more radio slave modes all in the same flash like the HD 610 etc strobes, I’m not sure.
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Regarding the Jinbei HD 610 working with the Canon ST-E3-RT. I’m still not sure about that. The Australian dealer is showing their HD 610 do have the ZGB radio mode for Canon RT.

Adorama should have RT compatibility exclusively for the other new Jinbei strobes from now on though (So the Jinbei branded Mars-3 etc will not have Canon RT compatibility, only the Orlit Rover will have that). RT was apparently meant to be exclusive to the Adorama for the HD 610 as well.

Hi I am a Nikon shooter but in future going to sony anyway, what are the advantages of the jinbei (orlit) 610 over the godox 600?. I am about to purchase my 1st lighting and flash set up but prefer the looks and style of the orlit over the godox 600. Any help would be greatly appreciated, also I whant to run ttl and hss —- is there anyway that is simple and effective to run the orlit 610 with orlit speedlight matched up to the godox ad200 or godox ad360 using ttl and hss (yes I am aware of the orlit 360 but prefer the godox units in that area. Again any help would be appreciated thankyou.

Sorry for the slow reply. If you’re not interested in Canon RT compatibility, I would say the main advantages to the HD / RT 610 are the more powerful modelling light, a nice smooth swivel mount, and the handle is also nice.

Big advantages to the AD600B / XPLOR are the remote head, HSS across the power range, and the larger Godox system you mention. Also Godox already have Sony compatibility out for a while now, so chances are they will be a little ahead refining bugs etc there.

Jinbei are also working on an AD200 style flash, though again the Godox flash is already available and a known quantity.

I don’t think there is any way to mix TTL with the 2 different systems combined. You could possibly mix some strobes in TTL, with others in remote manual (and possibly HSS), though I certainly wouldn’t set out with the intention of buying into 2 different TTL strobe systems like that, it wouldn’t be worth the inconvenience.

Again disregarding Canon RT, if you need to use the strobes outside on location, mounted on a light stand or boom, then the remote head of the AD600B / XPLOR I think is a huge advantage. If its mainly someone holding the light on a pole etc then the 610 are fine. The modelling light on the 610 are an advantage, so if using them mainly indoors etc the 610 have the advantage there.

Is there any way Nikon shooters can access all A / B / C / D / E / F groups? Perhaps new trigger from Orlit that looks and acts like ORLIT ST-RT, but Nikon version? There are so many options for Canon to use 4, 5 or 6 groups and all manufactures are limiting Nikon to just 3 groups? Come on… anyone?

Perhaps ORLIT will address this problem ? I am Nikon shooter and would love to use 6 groups with 1 trigger with big LCD like (ORLIT ST-RT ) that can control all small speedlights like (ORLIT RT-600C TTL RT Speedlite), medium like (ORLIT Rover RT TTL, a compact 300Ws), and large studio monoblocks like (ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 TTL)

Hi All, I am trying to figure out what trigger and receiver I need to make this strobe work (if possible) in remote manual and HSS with a Fuji X-T2, but I cannot find any definitive answer out there. Flash Havoc seems to be the only website with more discussion regarding this strobe, maybe someone with more knowledge can help guide me in the right direction?

So far I found these related videos demonstrating non native Jinbei/Orlit triggers/receiver working with the Jinbei strobe, but its in german so I cannot understand.

I think you will need a Cactus V6 II transmitter on the camera, and a V6 II as receiver attached to the strobe via PC sync cord.

You will need to use the TR-611/612 separately (in hand etc) then for the remote power control, as the V6II will only fire the strobe.

There are no YongNuo transmitters that will provide HSS with Fuji (or Sony), so the only reason to be using those would be if you have YongNuo flashes (or YN receiver and flashes) as well, and want to combine them with the Orlit/Jinbei strobe.

If you don’t have the strobe yet, the XPLOR 600 / AD600B would be a better option as Godox have dedicated TTL and HSS compatibility coming very soon for Fuji.

Reason I’m looking at the HD/RT610 is for its 20w warmer modeling lamp. I was considering the Xplor 600 but keep reading reviews that its modeling lamp is quite dim, if not for that I would’ve gotten it already. Although it’s still in my consideration. Once again thanks for your help.

Yes the modelling light is a shame unfortunately. Godox have said they will upgrade all their modelling lights in new models, though when that will actually happen I don’t know.

The modelling light is generally the attraction to the Orlit / HD 610, though the remote head option is also the big attraction to the XPLOR / AD600B, which is a shame the Orlit / HD 610 don’t have.
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Also the transmitter the person is using for Sony on the last video you linked to is the Pixel Opus for Sony. I don’t know why they cut to show the YN-622C as receiver, but you can see in the next shot they are actually using a Pixel Opus as receiver attached to the flash as well.

I think the Opus for Sony are discontinued, though there appear to be some on Ebay still for only $30 (they used to be $150 each). Pixel King for Sony used to be another HSS option now discontinued. For Sony a Godox X1 transmitter and receiver would do the same job. And I guess the Godox Fuji transmitter and receiver would too (once available). Its not complete control like with the Godox strobe though.

“In regular mode color consistency is within around 300K across the power range. In freeze mode it goes from around 5500K all the way to around 9800K at minimum power (where the fastest flash duration is).”

Hi All and FlashHavoc. I seem to have a problem with my Orlit lights. I have 2 lights purchased from Adorama though Amazon. The problem is that during a shoot the light just stops working. The LCD display stays on and the the recycle button stays red instead of turning green. I have to restart the system before I can begin to use it again. It does this with both lights and this has happened several times. Has anyone had a similar experience and would you know what is causing this. Thanks.

Hi Flashhavoc. I’m using Canon RF. I use the Canon 6D with my strobe. Initially I thought it was overheating from using the strobe outside in the sun but it also happened indoors which was pretty strange to me. The test button/recycle indicator just stays red and the strobe stops working till i restart.

Ok thanks. Yes I’ve seen that happen when we ran into radio issues. The way I got to see it was using the 5D Mk4 and ST-E3-RT, and after change lenses on the camera the strobe would sometimes do that and require a reboot to start firing again.

It shouldn’t be happening in any case, though have you tried using the RT radio mode instead of RF? And would you have a Canon master flash or transmitter you could try instead of the TR-611 transmitter, so you could possibly rule the transmitter in or out as the cause?

Also do you have the updated strobes with the Windows 10 / Mac update-able firmware? It would be best to contact brands@adorama.com (or call and ask for the brands team) and see if they have any more advice on this issue in any case.

Thanks Flashhavoc. Sorry for the late response. Work work work. I called Adorama and they said i was covered by a 1 year warranty so i could return them for a replacement or store credit. Unfortunately I was using one of the lights 2 weeks ago for an outdoors shoot when it dropped and cracked the base. The said it was no problem that i could still return it which is extremely great. So i’ll be doing that by the end of the week.

The RT 610 has a Bowen’s S-type mount, so there are tons of good modifier options. If you want something lightweight and fast to set up for location work than the Glow ParaPop 38″ is a great place to start.

THe RT 610 is a fairly top heavy light, so if your planning to use it outdoors it can really be worth considering a C-stand. Flashpoint have good price options on those as well.

If you’re travelling about you may still want a lighter weight alloy stand. There are tons of those, though a safe option would be something like an Avenger alloy stand with leveling leg.

Other good options if you plan to build a larger kit and travel are the Kupo or Manfrotto stacking stands. And if only using indoors a rolling stand is great (you could get a solid boom arm on this if needed).

Other people may be able to help with specific generic stands they are happy with. I’m not sure what you meant by the “bracket” needed.